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conference programme included a presentation   represented the second of a series of Learning                  These themes were addressed in 18 self-organized  Around 80 guidance practitioners, experts and Eu-
                         of the Euroguidance network services. One part   by Leaving Conferences to be organised over a                 groups; the main results of the discussions were  roguidance centres from 11 participating countries
                         of the  event,  the IAEVG Global Symposium  to-  three-year period.                                            summarised in instant reports drafted by partic-  as well as some national representatives of the
                         gether with study visits, took place in Brno, Czech                                                            ipants. The reports are available in the special  Employment Service of Slovenia, the European
                         Republic. The Mobility symposium was considered   The  Cagliari Event welcomed  more  than  100                issue of the December 2019 Italy Euroguidance  Commission, Representation Office in Slovenia,
                         to be a success, as it was the first time an IAEVG   experts of the four mobility networks from  31            magazine.                                the Centre for Vocational Education (EQF NCP and
                         plenary symposium was dedicated to this theme.   countries. The aim of the event – built upon the                                                       Europass Slovenia) and some international guests
                         The session included presentations by Prof. Dr.   results of the Learning by Leaving Conference held           On Day 3 participants browsed through the exhi-  from Euroguidance Belgium (FL), Euroguidance
                         Bernd-Joachim Ertelt, Prof. Dr. Michael Scharpf, and   in Cologne in November 2018 – was to strengthen         bition area and reflected upon the key achieve-  North Macedonia and Euroguidance Switzerland
                         Prof. Dr. Eva Brüning, Rebeca García Murias, PhD,   the cooperation between the networks while, at             ments of the Conference. Participants especially   joined as well.
                         and Prof. Dr. Peter Weber from HdBA in Germany.   the same time, focusing on the +2020 EU-funded               appreciated the unique opportunity to learn across
                         Euroguidance Estonia moderated the symposium   mobility schemes and programmes.                                Networks, by exchanging ideas, sharing innovative  The seminar (http://english.ess.gov.si/vicc_ncc/
                         and Euroguidance Norway and Sweden provided                                                                    practices and tools and getting inputs for new  cbs-2019) presented different views about skills
                         a presentation on the competences needed to                                                                    transnational projects.                  for the future needed in the labour market as the
                         provide high-quality  mobility  guidance.  As  an                                                              To wrap up, the Italian Team handed over to the   current fast technological development changes
                         output from the symposium the presenters came                                                                  Austrian Team in charge of organising the next   the nature of careers and occupations. There were
                         up with some joint mobility-related conclusions for                                                            LbyL Conference in Vienna (3-4 June 2020) on the   16 parallel workshops which enabled participants
                         the future, see in the box below.                                                                              topic “Inclusion in mobility”.           to share good experiences in the field of career
                                                                                                                                                                                 guidance as well as to discuss national contexts
                                                                                                                                        To know more please consult:             and initiatives for guidance practitioners that help
                           Recommendations on international dimen-                                                                         •  the Conference website:
                          sion in guidance globally from the Mobility                                                                      https://www.learningbyleaving.it/     them discover and improve their present and
                          Symposium:                                                                                                                                             future skills. The participating Euroguidance cen-
                           QUALIFICATION: Include international dimen-                                                                    th                                     tres also prepared a compendium with a national
                          sion and mobility into standards for competen-                                                                14  “Cross Border Seminar” focussed      survey about skills for the future and a compen-
                          cies for guidance.                                                                                            on Skills for the future                 dium  including  articles  of  participating  experts.
                                                                                                                                                                                 Both are available at https://www.euroguidance.
                           INTERCULTURAL  COMPETENCIES: Develop                                                                         The  Cross  Border  Seminar  (CBS)  is  an  initiative   eu/resources/publications/other-publications/
                          intercultural competencies – this is needed in                                                                that started in  2005 by three Euroguidance   compendia-of-results-from-euroguidance-cross-
                          the ever-changing global world.         © Mattia Uldanck                                                      centres (Austria, Czech Republic and Slovakia),   border-seminars.
                           SOCIAL JUSTICE: Include social justice as an                                                                 which decided to organise an event dedicated to
                          ethical standard when dealing with migration   The opening session gave participants the oppor-               practitioners, experts and decision makers in the  The participating countries were Austria, Czech Re-
                          and immigration.                        tunity to learn from the European Commission key                      field of career guidance in order to discuss current  public, Croatia, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Portugal,
                                                                                                                                        trends and to share good practices and innovation  Romania, Serbia, Slovakia and Slovenia.
                           EARLY INTERVETION: Present and integrate   speakers about the latest news in learning mobility               in the field.
                          transition and mobility at an early stage.   and the New Europass online platform and about                                                            The participating countries were Austria, Czech
                                                                  the role and services of the EURES network for
                           SYSTEMIC NETWORKING: Encourage systemic   labour mobility. The presentation of the main                      In May 2019, Euroguidance Slovenia hosted the  Republic, Croatia, Germany, Hungary, Poland,
                          networking within guidance community includ-  outcomes from the Cologne Conference closed                     Seminar for the second time since 2012.   Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia and Slovenia.
                          ing practitioners,  policy makers, researchers,   the first day.
                          educators and relevant organisations.
                           EXCHANGE OF PRACTICES: Create mechanisms   During Day 2, the following themes were proposed
                          for  sharing  and  learning  from  international   to stimulate discussion across Networks:
                          practice.                                  •  Reaching end users: new ways to reach target
                                                                    groups, but also different options to get the
                           MOBILITY GUIDANCE: Establish guidance ser-  employers on board
                          vices that are specialized in mobility guidance     •  Capacity building: skills to be further devel-
                          in existing organisations that are specialised in   oped, as well as the best tools and initiatives
                          mobility guidance.                        to improve practitioners’ capacity
                           RESEARCH: Build empirical evidence on mobil-    •  Competences visibility: how to transfer skills
                          ity related knowledge in the field of guidance.  acquired abroad and the role that digitalization
                                                                    can play in the process
                         International Learning by Leaving        Facilitated by the Open Space Technology (OST)
                         Conference                               method adopted by the Italian Team, participants
                                                                  came up with a variety of other themes, ranging
                         The Learning by Leaving Conference 2019, jointly  from networks’ capacity building to the new Euro-
                         organised by Euroguidance Italy along with the  pass platform, from the role of ICT as information
                         Italian EURES, Eurodesk and Europass teams took  and training tools to a greener approach to support
                         place in Cagliari, in Italy in October 2019. The Event  the environmentally friendly activities.               © Euroguidance Slovenia




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